serotonin

serotonin

See also: Serotonin and serótónín

English

Etymology

From sero- +‎ tonic +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛɹəˈtʰəʊnɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛɹəˈtoʊnɪn/

Noun

serotonin (countable and uncountable, plural serotonins)

1. (biochemistry) An indoleamine neurotransmitter, 5-hydroxytryptamine, that is involved in depression, appetite, etc., and is crucial in maintaining a sense of well-being, security, etc.

Abbreviations

• 5-HT

Synonyms

• 5-hydroxytryptamine

Derived terms

• serotonin-specific

Related terms

• serotonergic

Translations

the compound 5-hydroxytryptamine

Catalan: serotonina f Czech: serotonin m Danish: serotonin Esperanto: serotonino Finnish: serotoniini (fi) French: sérotonine (fr) f Galician: serotonina f German: Serotonin (de) n Greek: σεροτονίνη (el) f (serotoníni) Hungarian: szerotonin (hu) Icelandic: serótónín n Indonesian: serotonin Italian: serotonina (it) f

Japanese: セロトニン (serotonin) Korean: 세로토닌 (serotonin) Polish: serotonina (pl) f Portuguese: serotonina (pt) f Romanian: serotonină (ro) f Russian: серотони́н (ru) m (serotonín) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: серото̀нӣн m Roman: serotònīn (sh) m Spanish: serotonina (es) f Swedish: serotonin (sv) Turkish: serotonin (tr)

Further reading

• serotonin at OneLook Dictionary Search
• serotonin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ironstone

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrɔtɔˌɲɪn/

Noun

serotonin m

1. serotonin

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /serotǒniːn/

Noun

serotònīn m (Cyrillic spelling серото̀нӣн)

1. (biochemistry) serotonin

Declension

Declension of serotonin

	singular
nominative	serotònīn
genitive	serotonína
dative	serotoninu
accusative	serotonin
vocative	serotonine
locative	serotoninu
instrumental	serotoninom